International One Metre Radio Sailing
Great Britain
2020 年 IOM 退伍军人锦标赛 - 林肯
林肯 2021 年 5 月 22 日 23 日
在一个反常寒冷潮湿的五月天，45 名 IOM 船长抵达参加今年的 MYA 退伍军人锦标赛，毫无疑问，由于过去几个月缺乏航行，确切地说是在最后一次 MYA 活动之后的 14 个月零 7 天，参加人数增加了，巧合地由同一俱乐部主办，并受到林肯广播帆船俱乐部始终提供的热情欢迎。
10 名顽强的竞争对手甚至在他们的露营车中冒着乡村的位置。有些是有史以来第一次，可能不是他们期待的欢迎，因为他们在周五下午的季风条件下“推销”他们的货车。 Covid限制和保险杠入口意味着停车位很紧张，因此要求露营者将车停在湖的远端，距离航行区只有很短的出租车车程……
车队被分成 3 场预赛，PRO Rob Wilson 在车队分散到他们的“泡泡”之前做了一个简短的简报，比赛在上午 10 点迅速离开。最初的比赛时间安排在 10-12 分钟左右，在种子比赛之后，人们同意稍微延长路线以增加这一时间。赢得种子比赛的是 Brian “Titch” Summers、Ken Binks 和回归的 Terry “the Fonz” King，很高兴看到他没有男孩，但很高兴看到他再次航行。
风向虽然预测为西北风，但实际上已转向宜人的西风，尽管有奇怪的阵雨，比赛还是在寒冷但稳定的微风中进行，整个周六都有一些接近的动作和紧凑的结束。从大门到终点线有一个很好的长拍的机会意味着大多数参赛者在每场比赛中都有很多比赛可以发挥，看看分数你会发现大多数人都有一些不错的比赛和好成绩。周六发生了几起船只破损，但这些主要是轻微的，尽管大卫霍普的比赛肯定受到了影响，因为他有可怕的新船小精灵，他看到他的头和手在他的船里度过了前 3 场比赛！幸运的是，当他匆忙更换甲板下的防水布时，红色的胶衣与他的双手状态相匹配。这显然激励了他，因为他开始了反击，这将使他最终赢得比赛的最后一场比赛，尽管这不足以获得奖品，但无疑会让这次旅行变得值得。我想像坚定和进步的斯图尔特坎贝尔这样的其他人也会这么说，因为他在第 6 场比赛中的胜利让他回到苏格兰的旅程更加愉快。其他在比赛中获胜的还有托尼·爱德华兹、菲尔·霍利迪、奥斯汀·格里尔、戴夫·伯克和当地英雄皮特·沃尔特斯。
星期六结束时，就在截止时间之前，由于风停止并推迟了本应开始的时间，最后的热量被从水中拉出。不过没有人抱怨，因为他们把船放在一边，准备迎接预计将是一个潮湿多风的星期天。
星期天早上看到赛队在现场明亮而早，微风从SSW方向吹来，阳光明媚；没有人知道这会持续多久，但比赛在上午 9.30 发布的时间（仍然）寒冷但良好的条件下进行。这次在东岸的航行让参赛者和他们的维修人员可以从汽车上观看比赛，并更接近他们的设备。比赛再次紧张而公平，所有参赛者都在水上完成了任何处罚。当天晚些时候，风的强度随着方向的轻微变化而增加，在由于错过标记而“退赛”了几次之后，赛车队决定稍微缩短路线，使下风门更靠近海岸。
您将从结果列表中看到的一个主题是名称的传播以拥有一两场好比赛，以及该赛事的新名称数量；很高兴看到一些新面孔和回归的面孔一起出现，记者希望我们能在其他公开赛事或国家赛事中再次见到他们。活动受欢迎程度的进一步证明是代表的俱乐部范围，分数表的简要说明显示来自西康沃尔、泰赛德和伊斯特本的俱乐部以及介于两者之间的所有地区都有代表。也很高兴看到来自俱乐部的团体，例如来自东北基灵沃思的家伙和来自弗利特伍德的新男孩。
周日的比赛沿袭了周六的模式，即使微风吹过，也有一些比赛换成了他们的 B 钻机，比赛进行得很接近、公平。这个选择并没有真正奏效，因为阵风从来没有真正长到足以持续整个比赛的长度，而可以保持增益和距离以迎风，A 钻机的更大帆面积在跑步时是有利的。唯一的例外是赛事的最后一场比赛，在比赛的大部分时间里，大型钻机都是为了生存，而对于 Dorian Crease 的小船来说，这似乎是一种荣耀。然而，这并没有持续下去，因为他被大卫霍普和他的装备了 A 钻机的船拉上了绳子。
对记分表的进一步调查将看到设计遍布整个船队，并且水上有许多令人愉悦的自建船，奈杰尔·巴罗、尼尔·桑顿和西蒙·罗宾逊有效地驾驶着他们的船，并展示了一艘自建船可以很好地竞争。
也许还应该提到马尔科姆克莱门特（40 岁）和他的省略号，在他的 IOM 航行 3 个月后，目标是享受自己，学习一点并开始更多地了解他的船，这是他微笑着实现的目标脸。我们期待再次见到您，马尔科姆。
布赖恩·萨默斯（Brian Summers）凭借他独特的英伦摇滚（Britpop）和半透明的主帆令人印象深刻，他一贯的航行和交通管理使他成为 2021 年 MYA IOM 退伍军人锦标赛的当之无愧的赢家，紧随其后的是奥斯汀·格里尔（Austin Guerrier）（谁会想到他是一名老将）和来自东道主俱乐部皮特沃尔特斯的新当地帆船英雄，第三名击败了卫冕冠军托尼爱德华兹。特里·金进入前五名。
在接受冠军奖杯时，Brian 对帮助组织和运行比赛的志愿者们的辛勤工作和努力表示感谢，如果没有来自林肯电台帆船赛的一个庞大、热情和勤奋的志愿者团队的帮助，本次活动是不可能的俱乐部。 Rob Wilson 的专业职责，Darin、Tracey 和 PJ、Jackie 和 Mick、Mary Ann、Ed、Alan、Mick Cooper、Bob、Ivan、Billy、Greg、Adrian、Tony 和 Jen Hand 的小发电机。所有人都做得很好，谢谢。如果我们错过了任何人，请接受我们诚挚的歉意。
还要感谢 IOM 班长马尔科姆·阿普尔顿 (Malcolm Appleton)，他从坎布里亚郡的假期赶来颁发奖品。
Saturday finished with the last heat being pulled from the water just before the cut off time as the wind died and delayed what would have been the start. No one complained though as they put their boats away for the evening ready for what was forecast to be a wet and windy Sunday.
Sunday morning saw the race team on site bright and early with the breeze now coming from SSW direction and the sun shining; how long this would last for nobody knew but the racing got underway in the (still) chilly but fine conditions at the posted time of 9.30am. This sailing on the Easterly bank allowed competitors and their pit crews to spectate from cars and be closer to their equipment. Racing was again tight and fair, with all competitors completing any penalties on the water. Later in the day the wind strength increased with a slight change in direction and after a few “retirements” due to missed marks the race team took the decision to slightly shorten the course, bringing the leeward gate a bit closer to the shore.
A theme that you will see from the results list is the spread of names to have a good race or two and also the number of names that are new to this event; it was fantastic to see some new faces alongside the returning ones, and this reporter hopes that we will see them again at other open events or national events. Further proof of the popularity of the event is the range of clubs being represented, a quick rundown the score sheet shows clubs from West Cornwall, Tayside and Eastbourne being represented along with all districts in between. It was also pleasing to see groups coming from clubs, such as the guys from Killingworth in the North East and the new boys from Fleetwood.
Sunday’s racing followed the pattern of Saturday with close, fair racing even as the breeze built and some changed down to their B rigs. This choice didn’t really work as the gusts were never really long enough to last for the length of the race and whilst gains and distance could be held to windward the larger sail area of the A rigs was advantageous on the runs. The exception to this being the final race of the event where for much of the race it was survival for the large rigs and looked like being glory for the smaller rig of Dorian Crease’s boat. However, this didn’t last as he was pipped on the line by David Hope and his A rig equipped boat.
Further investigation of the scoresheet will see that the designs were spread throughout the fleet and there was a pleasing number of self-build boats on the water, Nigel Barrow, Neil Thornton and Simon Robinson sailing their boats efficiently and showing that a self-build boat can compete well.
Mention perhaps should also be made of Malcom Clement (40) and his Ellipsis, 3 months into sailing his IOM, the goal was to enjoy himself, learn a bit and start to understand his boat more, something that he achieved with a smile on his face. We look forward to seeing you again Malcolm.
Brian Summers with his distinctive Britpop with her translucent mainsail was impressive throughout the weekend, and his consistent sailing and traffic management made him a worthy winner of the 2021 MYA IOM Veteran Championship, followed by Austin Guerrier in 2nd place, (who would have thought he was a veteran) and the new local sailing hero from the host club of Pete Walters in third edging out reigning champion Tony Edwards. Terry King rounding up the top five.
In accepting the winner’s trophy, Brian acknowledged the hard work and efforts of the volunteers who had helped organize and run the racing, this event would not have been possible without the help of a large, enthusiastic and hardworking team of volunteers from the Lincoln Radio Sailing Club. Rob Wilson for his PRO duties, Darin, Tracey and PJ, Jackie and Mick, Mary Ann, Ed, Alan, Mick Cooper, Bob, Ivan, Billy, Greg, Adrian, Tony and the little dynamo that is Jen Hand. Well done to all and thank you. And if we should have missed anybody please accept our sincere apologies.
Thanks must also go to Malcolm Appleton the IOM Class Captain, who travelled from his holidays in Cumbria to present the prizes.
